The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spancelled
Spancel \Span"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanceledor
Spancelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanceling or Spancelling.]
To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
--Malone.
Wiktionary
spancelled
(context of a horse English) hobbled with a spancel v
(en-past of: spancel)
WordNet
spancelled
See spancel
Usage examples of "spancelled".
The horses were belled and spancelled near by, feeding on the cane and wild grass, and Polly Ann was cooking journey-cakes on a stone.
With a cry Polly Ann flew to the hickory cradle under the tree, Tom sprang for the rifle that was never far from his side, while with a kind of instinct I ran to catch the spancelled horses by the river.